Bottle holder



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,700,934

J. HALMA BOTTLE HOLDER Filed April 8, 1927 IIIII/l 11v VENTOR L/E/L/US 1721M.

G TORNEY Patented Feb. S, 192th 'UlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS HALMA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed April 8,

This invention relates to milk bottlehold- 'ers and in particular to a type wherein the bottle is securely held and prevented from being removed unless the door is opened in connection with which the milk bottle holder is used.

A. particular object of the invention is to provide a simplified milk bottle holder which may be used to hold one or more bottles of milk in position above the ground and so lo cated that it is necessary for the occupant of the house to open the door before access can be had to the locking mechanism through the medium of which the bottles are imprisoned in the holder.

A still further particular object of the invention is to provide amechanism which will operate automatically to prevent the milk bottles from being removed after they have been once positioned in the holder.

A still further particular object of the invention is to provide a device which may be made up in few parts and which will operate eiiiciently to securely loclrthe bottles in position in the holder.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlying features of my invention that they may embody the same in the various modifications in structure and relation contemplated, a drawingdepicting a preferred form has been annexed as a part of this disclosure and in such drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the location of my improved bottle holding devicein a door casing, so positioned that the door must be opened before access may be had to the locking mechanism of the holder.

Figure 2 is a top plan view, partly in sec tion showing the construction of the locking mechanism and the arrangement of the holder in conjunction with a door, which prevents the holder from being unlocked until the door has been opened. I

Figure 3 is sectional. view, taken on th line 3-3 of Figure 2 showing the construction of the holder and the locking plate in its open position.

Figure 5'. is a view in side elevation,partly in section showing a modified form of bottle holder arranged to hold a single bottle and so constructed also that it is necessary to open the door before the bottle can be removed, once it has been positioned in the holder, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the mechanism is positioned.

1927. Serial No. 182,109.

line 55 of Figure 4 showing the construction of thebottle holder and the arrangement of thelholding members which prevent rear ward operation of the flat gate whereby the bottle may be withdrawn after it has once curely position the holder adjacent the top of the jam 8 or casement of the door, it being of course understood that the holder is positioned so that it extends longitudinally and is positioned adjacent the door,

The outer or reception end of the holder has secured thereto the frame piece9 which is also provided with the screw receiving openings 10 through the medium of which the holder at its forward end may be secured to the door casement. The frame piece 9 is suitably soldered or otherwise secured to the outer end of the holder rod or receptacle 5, it of course being understood that this rod 5 is bent around and the legs thereof are separated sufficiently to allow the neck of a bottle to pass therebetween but close enough to prevent the head of the bottle from slipping therethrough or being manipulated so that the bottles may be removed from the holder without releasing the latch, as will be here inafter explained. The front part of the frame 10 is out out as at 11 to receive the hinged portions 12 of the latch door 13, the hinged portions of course surrounding the hinge pin 14 and holding therebetween, on,

such hinge pins a suitable spring 15 which has a tendency to normally raise the latch plate 13 to its open position whereby the bottles may be readily slid between the leg portions of the holder, the ends of the spring co-act with the frame piece 9 and with the latch plate 13 but when the latch plate is closed, the spring prevented from forcing the latch plate into its openposition through the medium of an eye 16 which is carried in the extended portion 17 thereof, this extended portion 17 forniinga closure for the front end of a housing 18 in whichthe latch This latch n1echanism consists of a pivoted latch 19 which is suitably pivoted on a pin 20 extending between the upper and lower walls of the housing 18,the latch 19being limited in its out ward movement by another pin 21 which is also secured between the upper and lower walls of the housing 18. The latch 19 in its mid portion carries a thumb piece 2:2, through the medium of which the latch may be pushed inwardly into the housing 18 against the action of a coil spring 23, the spring being positioned between the side Wall of the housing 18 and the back of the latch 19 and being suitably guided by the guide pin 2d carried in the rear face of the latch 19, the latch at its free end engages the eye plate 16, before referred to, and thereby holds the latch plate 13 in its closed position. The side of the housing is open and when the holder is placed in position on the easement of the door, it is so arranged that the door forms the closure for the open side of the housing 18 and after milk bottles have been placed in the holder 5, the milk man pushes the latch plate 13 down until the extension 16 thereof is engaged by the latch 19, which holds the latch plate 18 in its closed position and prevents removal of the milk bottle or lmttles 26, it of course being understood that the capacity of the holder is only limited by its length and that it may be designed to hold one or any number of bottles necessary.

il hen the occupant of the house wishes to' take in the milk, the latch plate 13 may be opened by pressing the thumb piece 22, the thumb piece being accessible after the door has been opened by any one in authority or having a key thereto and as soon as the latch plate 13 has been released by the latch 19, the spring 15 causes the same to assume the position shown in Figure 3 and the milk bottles may be removed.

I am aware that many milk bottle holders have been provided but in substantially all of these heretofore employed, some key operated means are used for imprisoning the milk bottle and in the event of the loss of the key, it is necessary to break the holder in order to obtain the milk.

in my improved invention, it is evident therefore, that when the door is opened, the latch may be operated to open the latch plate 13 and thereby allow withdrawal of the milk bottles from the holder.

It is also evident the bent up port-ion (3 of the holder 5 is substantially the same height as the frame 9 and consequently the holder is secured to the casing at both its ends and any attempt to remove the holder from the casing of the door will be frustrated.

In Figures 4 and 5, I have shown a modified form'of milk bottle holder and lock, which while shown to be used to hold a single bottle, might also be adaptable to use to hold two bottles, although the number of bottles from which it is designed must be the number of bottles contained therein in order to carry out the locking features thereof, and this imnroved milk bottle holder is attached to the casement 8 of the door in the same manner as is the holder 5, the holding consisting of a substantially U-shaped frame piece 27 which is suitably secured in any manner, such as by riveting or soldering to the receiving end of the milk bottle holder 28. The holder 28 is provided with an open bottom, the opening being defined by inturned flanges 29 formed on the side walls 30 of the holder 28, the discharge end of the holder across the top portion thereof being closed as at 31 and being provided with suitable openings, if desired, whereby the piece tll might be positioned on a part of the fancy casement, although in the drawings I have shown the top of the frame 27 as being provided with openings to receive the holding screws which secure the holder 28 in position on the easement so that its discharge cnd abuts against the door 25 and is closed when the door is closed. The under side oi? the top of the casing 27 is provided with depending spring strips 83, which at their free end are disposed in such a position as to prevent free passage of the upper end ot the locking plate 34; when the same is revolved in the direction indicated by the arrow. "lhis locking plate 84 is pivoted on the rod 35 which extends between the side walls of the frame 27, the plate covering the entrance to the frame 27 and also to the holder 28. It is evident, of course, that the plate 34 having free pivotal movement on the pin 35 will give way to the entrance of a bottle when the same is pushed in on the flanges 29 of the holder 28 and when a bottle, for instance, as shown in Figure 4, has been positioned as illustrated in outline, the locking plate 34 can be snapped past the spring strip 33 and the bottle'being in the position shown, will prevent the locking plate 34: from being reversed in its rotated direction to allow the bottles to be again drawn out of the holder, as the strips project in the path of the upper end of the locking plate 3% and prevent its rotation in direction contrary to that indicated by the arrow or in countor-clockwise direction.

In order therefore, for the bottle to be removed, it is necessary that the occupant of the house open the door which opens the end of a and allows the bottle to be drawn the casi thcreoiit of, it of course being understood that i the only work necessary in locking the bottle in position is that the milk man press on the bottom of the locking plate 3% until the upper end thereof snaps under the edges of the spring pieces 33. Any number of bottles may be used in a device of this kind but the locking effectwill not be obtained unless the number of bottles for which the device has been designed are positioned therein so that the locking plate 3% cannot be revolved counterclockwise to a horizontal position to allow withdrawal of any of the bottles, it being evident from inspection of Figure 4 that the bottle, when in place, prevents rotation in a counter-clockwise direction of the locking plate 34 and consequently the upper end of the locking plate 34- being prevented also :t'rom moving in a clockwise direction, effectively locks the hottles in position in the holder and prevents them from being stolen.

It is evident, therefore, that I have provided an improved milk bottle holder which locks the bottles in position and which needs no attention on the part of the occupant or the house and very little on the part of the person delivering the millt as the bottles, in order to be imprisoned in either holder, requires simply the latching of the holding plate 13 or so that they cannot be subse quently removed from the locking end of the housing but the door must first be opened be fore the bottles can be removed from the holder.

\Vhile I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may he made. 11 therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details oi construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit oi the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what screws arranged to hold the device in place against the top of a door casing, a latch plate pivoted on the frame piece and arranged to close one end of the wire Irame, a spring tor normally urging the plate open, a latch housing at one end of the frame piece, one side of which is closed by the end portion of said latch plate, an eye carried by the plate and extending into the lat-ch housing, a latch, a spring cooperating with the latch for normally urging the same into engagement with the eye whereby opening of the plate is pre vented, a finger piece on the latch, a pin for limiting the movement of the latch, and the device being so arranged relatively to a door that access to the finger piece side of the latch housing is prevented by the door when the same is closed.

In testimony whereof I ai'fix my signature.

JULIUS HALMA. a s] 

